Audiovisual Media

From the Barnum House Archive

These collections include historical films, oral histories, and presentations.

16mm Film

Bernie Bush Collection: Seven reels of 16mm silent film composed by Bernie Bush sr. reveal Southern Humboldt landscapes and communities. The films in this collection are from the 1930s through the 1950s, a period during which the filmmaker was a pharmacist in downtown Garberville. This collection may be viewed online through archive.org:

8mm Film

Ray and Annabell Shull Collection: 20 reels of 8mm silent film capture historic building demolition and other landscape-altering moments from Eureka's past. The films in this collection were composed throughout the 1950s, while the Shull's owned and operated Everybody's Furniture in Old Town Eureka. These films have been digitized and are being progressively uploaded to our Members-Only Digital Archive page. Become a member today to view footage of the Firestone building fire in 1954.

Digital Video

Annual Luncheon Programs: Annual programs hosted by the Humboldt County Historical Society. - “Falk: Company Lumber Town of the American West,” presented by Julie Clark, February 2019- “Trees & Grass: Boom, Bust, and the American Dream,” presented by Ray Raphael, February 2018- “Fall of the House of Gunther,” presented by Jon Humboldt Gates, February 2017- “A History of Prostitution in Eureka,” presented by retired chief of Eureka Police Department Murl Harpham, February 2014- "Humboldt Links to the Golden Gate," presented by Ray Hillman, 2011- "The Social, Cultural, and Ceremonial Renaissance of North Coast Tribes," presented by Christopher Peters, 2010- "Place Names of Humboldt County," presented by Dennis Turner and Jerry Rohde, 2009- "The Yurok of Tsurai Village," presented by Axel Lindgren III, 2008- "Two Peoples, One Place," presented by Ray Raphael, 2007